Social Beauties. How to Train Them
Just on the name principle as the one let forth by an old custodian at Oxford to an American who wanted to know how a lawn as emerald green, as…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
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Victoria. Shocking Train Tragedy. Melbourne
At Nhill this morning E. E. Thurston, a commercial traveller, was killed on a railway crossing. A cab in which he was being driven was run into by…
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A railway accident of a sensational character occurred at Bendigo in the early hours of Saturday morning, 23 attached trucks starting from an incline at the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Proposed New Railway. Mulwala, Daysdale, and Lockhart Railway League
A large and representative meeting of landholders, farmers, and graziers was held at the residence of Mr. Edwin Bott, "Oakbank," Bull Plain, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Longest Railway
The longest single railway in the British Empire is the Canadian Pacific. It crosses a continent, connects two oceans and the two wings of a round-the- world roate, takes fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mulwala to Lockhart Railway League. To the Editor
Sir,--At the first meeting of the above league, held at Bull Plain on 19th inst, the chairman, in his opening remarks, made the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Road of Life
There is many a rest In the road of life. If we would but stop to take it, And many a life that might music…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mulwala to Lockhart Railway League. to the Editor
SIR,—At the first meeting of the above League, held at Bull Plain on 19th inst., the Chairman in hie opening remarks made the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Accidents the Pace That Kills
Reports from Puris state that Mr. Groff, a wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, has been killed while motoring outride Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. General Cables. a Large Railway Contract. London
A largo contract for South American Railways has been secured by some Americans. Speyer and Company and several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Manchurian Railways
It is reported from Japan that admiral Togo, General Kuroki and Marquis Ito, are starting on a tour of inspection of Manchuria…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Project. Not Being Lost Sight of by the Council
At its meeting on Monday night, the Municipal Council tabled the following communication which they received from Mr R. Scobie, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Highest Railway Bridge
A notable engineering work is now being executed in France and involves the construction of a viaduct crossing the Sioule Valley near Vauriat. This structure,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kalgoorlie Roads Board
In addition to the two municipalities referred to, the Roads Board was established in 1896, Mr. H. J. Richardson being appointed secretary, the same position he…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Shocking Railway Fatality
An accident which resulted in the death of Mr. Edwin Thurston, commercial traveller for the firm of Paterson, Laing, and Bruce, occurred at Nhill. The express…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Robbery on a Railway Arrest in South America. London, May 24
A Swiss railway official named Wydler has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro on a serious charge of theft. The robbery was committed from a railway carriage, the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Motor Accidents. Three Persons Killed. London, May 25
Two cases of fatal results from motor accidents are reported to-day. One occurred outside Paris. Mr. Graff, a wealthy resident of Philadelphia, in the United…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Wheat Stacked on the Railways
According to the Railway Department's figures the wheat stacked on railway premises is 841,220 bags, of which 173,389 are at Darling Island. At Wellington are…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →The First Motor Car
No man better deserves to live in grateful memory of posterity than the inventor of a useful article. The nineteenth century was emphatically a century of invention. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mulwala to Lockhart Railway League
A meeting of the league, convened by the delegates of this projected line, was held at Mulwala on Saturday. Amongst those present were Mr. Jas…
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